Cowboy Cocktail: Pour 1 1/2 oz Scotch whisky and 1 tbsp light cream into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well, strain into a cocktail glass, and serve.
Inspired by Author of the Day, Zane Grey and his descriptive books of the West. If you’ve never read Zane grey, here’s three great ones to sample: The Zane Grey Frontier Trilogy: Betty Zane, The Last Trail, The Spirit Of The Border.
Edith Day Cocktail. Pour 1.5 oz dry gin, 1 oz grapefruit juice, 1 egg and .5 teaspoon sugar into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake vigorously. Pour over shaved ice in a champagne flute. Stare out to sea. Embroider. Think of Ethan Frome.
Inspired by Author of the Day, Edith Wharton. She rocks. Her novel, House of Mirth is listed on The Greatest Books Of The 20th Century. And it is a great read. Another great find is her collection of ghost stories written for magazines of the day. Eleven pieces showcase her mastery of the traditional New England ghost story and her fascination with spirits, hauntings, and other supernatural phenomena. Called “flawlessly eerie” by Ms. magazine.
Cocktail: Lady Brown. Shake 1.5 oz gin, .75 oz Curacao and 2 teaspoons lemon juice together briefly and then serve over ice in a cocktail glass. Gin was once called “Genever” and originated way back in the 17th century.
Inspired by Author of the Day, Anya Seton. While she is generally known for her novel Katherine, I love Anya’s follow-up novel, The Winthrop Woman. This book details the life of a real woman, Elizabeth who married into the family of Governor John Winthrop of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early 17th century … one of her three marriages… yeah, ’nuff said.
